Episode 246: GameStop Tries to Buy eBay, Steam Controller Chaos Crashes Steam, GTA 6 Snubs PC Players, and Apple Pays for Siri’s AI Delays

Jay and Karl cover one of the strangest weeks in gaming and tech in quite some time. GameStop launches a staggering $56 billion bid for eBay, the Steam Controller relaunch crashes Steam almost instantly, and Take-Two openly says PC players are not GTA 6’s “core” audience. Apple also agrees to pay $250 million over delayed Siri AI features, while Google buys into the creators of EVE Online to help train its AI models.

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In This Episode

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• GameStop confirms $56B bid to acquire eBayA wildly ambitious takeover proposal that would reshape both companies overnight.
• Steam Controller relaunch crashes SteamValve’s revived controller sold out almost instantly and took chunks of Steam down with it.

• Take-Two says PC players are not GTA 6’s “core” audience
  An honest answer that will not make PC players particularly happy.

• Apple to pay $250M over delayed Siri AI featuresThe fallout from Apple’s AI struggles is now becoming expensive.
• Google buys stake in EVE Online developerThe company wants to use the game’s famously complex economy to help train AI models.

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